NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nursing Homes in Iowa

388 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Iowa; CMS rates 386 of them, 24.6% with 5 stars and 21.2% with 1. Listed highest-rated first, page 8 of 8.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Overall rating, 386 rated homes

  1. 5 stars95
  2. 4 stars69
  3. 3 stars79
  4. 2 stars61
  5. 1 star82

Source: CMS Five-Star Quality Rating System, overall rating, Iowa; file processed Jul 1, 2026. 2 homes are not rated (newly certified or withheld).

Compare Iowa's homes

  1. Staffing: nurse hours per resident
  2. Inspections: deficiencies and fines
  3. Staffing, every state ranked
  4. Deficiencies, every state ranked

Iowa nursing homes, highest-rated first

  1. Crestview Specialty CareWest Branch, IA · 65 beds · Cedar CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 3 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  2. Southfield Wellness CommunityWebster City, IA · 65 beds · Hamilton CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 4 of 5 · Quality 2 of 5 1 of 5
  3. Accura Healthcare of CarrollCarroll, IA · 65 beds · Carroll CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 2 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  4. Salem Lutheran HomeElk Horn, IA · 64 beds · Shelby CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 4 of 5 · Quality 2 of 5 1 of 5
  5. Hillcrest Health Care CenterHawarden, IA · 64 beds · Sioux CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 2 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  6. Cottage Grove PlaceCedar Rapids, IA · 64 beds · Linn CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 4 of 5 · Quality 4 of 5 1 of 5
  7. Azria Health Prairie RidgeMediapolis, IA · 62 beds · Des Moines CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 4 of 5 · Quality 2 of 5 1 of 5
  8. Parkview ManorWellman, IA · 62 beds · Washington CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 1 of 5 · Quality 2 of 5 1 of 5
  9. North Crest Living CenterCouncil Bluffs, IA · 62 beds · Pottawattamie CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 4 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  10. Oakland ManorOakland, IA · 61 beds · Pottawattamie CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 2 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  11. Embassy Rehab and Care CenterSergeant Bluff, IA · 60 beds · Woodbury CountyInspections 2 of 5 · Staffing 4 of 5 · Quality 1 of 5 1 of 5
  12. Country Lane ManorKeosauqua, IA · 60 beds · Van Buren CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 1 of 5 · Quality 4 of 5 1 of 5
  13. Sunny Hill Care CenterTama, IA · 57 beds · Tama CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 3 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  14. Accura Healthcare of ToledoToledo, IA · 55 beds · Tama CountyInspections 2 of 5 · Staffing 2 of 5 · Quality 1 of 5 1 of 5
  15. Accura Healthcare of Newton East, LLCNewton, IA · 54 beds · Jasper CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 1 of 5 · Quality 2 of 5 1 of 5
  16. Good Samaritan - Red OakRed Oak, IA · 53 beds · Montgomery CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 4 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  17. Northgate Care CenterWaukon, IA · 50 beds · Allamakee CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 3 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  18. Adel AcresAdel, IA · 50 beds · Dallas CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 1 of 5 · Quality 4 of 5 1 of 5
  19. Osage Rehab and Health Care CenterOsage, IA · 46 beds · Mitchell CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 2 of 5 · Quality 2 of 5 1 of 5
  20. Avoca Specialty CareAvoca, IA · 46 beds · Pottawattamie CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 3 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  21. Accura Healthcare of Pleasantville, LLCPleasantville, IA · 46 beds · Marion CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 3 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  22. Emmetsburg Care CenterEmmetsburg, IA · 46 beds · Palo Alto CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 3 of 5 · Quality 4 of 5 1 of 5
  23. Accura Healthcare of CrescoCresco, IA · 46 beds · Howard CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 1 of 5 · Quality 1 of 5 1 of 5
  24. Tabor Manor Care CenterTabor, IA · 46 beds · Fremont CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 3 of 5 · Quality 2 of 5 1 of 5
  25. Kingsley Specialty CareKingsley, IA · 43 beds · Plymouth CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 4 of 5 · Quality 4 of 5 1 of 5
  26. Accura Healthcare of ShenandoahShenandoah, IA · 42 beds · Page CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 1 of 5 · Quality 1 of 5 1 of 5
  27. Caring Acres Nursing and Rehab CenterAnita, IA · 41 beds · Cass CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 4 of 5 · Quality 2 of 5 1 of 5
  28. Shell Rock Senior LivingShell Rock, IA · 41 beds · Butler CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 3 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  29. Stone Cottage Care CenterSigourney, IA · 41 beds · Keokuk CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 3 of 5 · Quality 1 of 5 1 of 5
  30. Grandview Healthcare CenterDayton, IA · 40 beds · Webster CountyInspections 3 of 5 · Staffing 1 of 5 · Quality 1 of 5 1 of 5
  31. Grundy Care CenterGrundy Center, IA · 40 beds · Grundy CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 2 of 5 · Quality 4 of 5 1 of 5
  32. Correctionville Specialty CareCorrectionville, IA · 39 beds · Woodbury CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 4 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  33. Harvest Acres Nursing and RehabKeota, IA · 35 beds · Keokuk CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 2 of 5 · Quality 2 of 5 1 of 5
  34. Grand Meadows Senior Living & Health CareAsbury, IA · 32 beds · Dubuque CountyInspections 2 of 5 · Staffing 1 of 5 · Quality 2 of 5 1 of 5
  35. Ams Memorial-GreeneGreene, IA · 31 beds · Butler CountyInspections 2 of 5 · Staffing 1 of 5 1 of 5
  36. Parkview Manor Care CenterReinbeck, IA · 28 beds · Grundy CountyInspections 1 of 5 · Staffing 4 of 5 · Quality 3 of 5 1 of 5
  37. Pine Acres Rehabilitation and Care CenterWest Des Moines, IA · 140 beds · Polk County Not rated
  38. Garden View Care CenterShenandoah, IA · 50 beds · Page County Not rated

How to read this list

Iowa hosts 388 Medicare-certified nursing homes that participate in the CMS Five-Star Quality Rating System, each tracked by a unique six-digit CMS Certification Number (CCN) and evaluated on Health Inspection, Staffing, and Quality Measures components. Certification is required for any long-term care facility that bills Medicare or Medicaid for skilled nursing services, so this roster functions as a near-complete directory of the state's licensed SNF (skilled nursing facility) beds, excluded are assisted-living residences, independent-living communities, and memory-care units that operate outside the Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement system. This page uses 14,693 Medicare-certified nursing-home records from CMS Care Compare, with NPPES context where available. Every figure is traceable in the methodology.

The facilities on this page are paginated across 8 pages (50 per page) and sorted by CMS Overall Star Rating with highest-rated homes first, so if you're searching for the top-performing nursing homes in Iowa you can read from the top; if you're researching a specific facility name, use browser find or the search tool. Each listing shows the Overall star, the three component ratings (Health, Staffing, Quality), bed count, and county, drill into the facility's profile page for full deficiency counts, inspection cycle history, RN hours per resident per day, fines, and Special Focus or abuse-icon flags. Remember that identical Overall stars can mask very different underlying profiles: a 4-star facility with 1-star Staffing reads differently than a 4-star facility with 4-star Staffing.

CMS refreshes the Five-Star dataset monthly as new state surveys are uploaded, so ratings can shift; the figures here come from the file CMS processed on Jul 1, 2026. Important: PlainDoctor presents these ratings exactly as CMS publishes them at data.cms.gov - no custom scoring, no rankings, no editorial adjustments. This directory is a starting point for research, not a placement recommendation or medical advice; choosing a nursing home for yourself or a loved one is a high-stakes healthcare decision that should involve in-person tours, staff interviews, reading the full survey deficiency reports, and consulting licensed clinicians, hospital discharge planners, and elder-care attorneys or advisors who understand the financial and Medicaid implications.

States with the most nursing homes

  1. Texas1,177
  2. California1,165
  3. Ohio922
  4. Florida694
  5. Illinois667

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Source: CMS Five-Star Quality Rating System, Nursing Home Provider Information, processed Jul 1, 2026 (data.cms.gov).

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Jul 1, 2026.